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Re:The most important scientific problems have yet to be sol... by cosmodisk on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @04:59PM (#21996238)
But the same was 100,200,300 and so years ago. Thete were always some sort of limitations, mostly technological. I'm not saying that we'll build solar system size colliders any time soon, however 50-100 more years and we should be much much more sophisticated in terms of what we can do in space and back on the earth.
Re:The most important scientific problems have yet to be sol... by Koshkin on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @05:35PM (#21996509)
Linear extrapolation is not always adequate. I tend to agree with GP that we may be close to a saturation point.
Re:The most important scientific problems have yet to be sol... by ethbro on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @06:28PM (#21996917)
We're possibly within a few orders of magnitude of the saturation point, wielding the resources of a single planet.

Which leaves the obvious path forward...